Luna Rossa is on the board with a solo race win

Wearing new chrome-colored body suits reminiscent of the Tin Man from “The Wizard of Oz,” Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge scored its first “victory” of the Louis Vuitton Cup on Thursday.

“I feel a bit like a trophy,” grinder Giles Scott joked of the new uniforms for the Prada-backed team.

It was the third straight solo race of the America’s Cup challenger series on San Francisco Bay. Sweden’s Artemis Racing, the scheduled opponent, is still in the shop with its new boat. For the record, Emirates Team New Zealand leads the competition, two points to one.

The Kiwis and defender Oracle Team USA also took to the course Thursday for practice runs.

New Zealand and Luna Rossa square off Saturday in the first real race of the regatta, starting at 12:15 p.m. Scott’s team will be an underdog against Team New Zealand, generally expected to be Oracle’s opponent in the America’s Cup finals.

“Our straight line speed is good in comparison (with the Kiwis),” Scott said. “Their maneuvers are substantially better than ours. But we’re on a good learning curve.”

Although Oracle had scheduled course access Saturday after the New Zealand-Luna Rossa race, it won’t be sailing this weekend because of boat maintenance.

Weekend schedule

Friday

Noon:

“Reserve Day” – America’s Cup Park open.

7 p.m.:

America’s Cup Park closes

Saturday

10 a.m.:

“Race Day” – America’s Cup park opens.

11:30 a.m.-noon:

Defender access

12:15-1:15 p.m.:

Round Robin round 2. Team Italy vs. Team New Zealand. AC72 racing, live and on big screens, with commentary

1:30-2 p.m.:

Defender access

7 p.m.:

America’s Cup Park closes

Sunday

Noon:

“Race Day” – America’s Cup park opens

11:30 a.m.-noon:

Defender access

12:15-1:15 p.m.:

Round Robin round 2. Team Sweden vs. Team New Zealand. AC72 racing, live and on big screens, with commentary